Horse-collar.



Patented Nov. 14, I899.

L. HANSEN.

HORSE COLLAR.

(Application filed July 12, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF IC LAURITS HANSEN, OF ST. MARTIN, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,798, dated November 14, 1899.

Application filed July 1 2, 1 8 9 8- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LAURITS HANSEN, having declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Martin, in the county of Stearns and State of Minnesota,have in vented a new and useful Home Collar, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in horse-collars.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of horse-collars and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one designed for use on horses having sore shoulders and adapted to relieve the points of the shoulders of pressure and equalize the draft on the other portions of the sho ulders.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed. out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse-collar constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a secti onal view of one side of the collar, taken longitudinally of the resilient locking bar or spring. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of one of the removable sections. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the resilient locking bar or spring. Fig. 6 is a detail View of one of the keepers. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a portion of one side of the collar, the yieldingly-mounted sections being removed. 7

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

1 designates a horse-collar having a continuous front roll 2 and provided at each side in its back roll with a recess 3, receiving a removable yieldingly-mounted section 4, located opposite the point of the shoulder of a horse and adapted to relieve that portion of pressure, as the sores usually occur there, and the portions above and below the recess 3 are relatively unyielding. The removable section is detachably hinged to the front roll and is provided with a longitudinal opening 5, through which passes a resilient bar or spring Serial lira-685,771. (No model.)

6, disposed substantially vertical and extending above and below the section 1. The spring holds the yielding section so that the inner face thereof will be in substantially the same plane as the inner faces of the adjacent por- Lions of the horse-collar, which thereby presents to the neck of an animal a continuous or unbroken inner face.

The ends of the longitudinal spring 6 are arranged in openings 7 and 8 of upper and lower keepers 9 and 10, provided with attachment-plates riveted or otherwise secured to the collar. The upper end of the longitudinal spring is provided with a head 13, en-

gaging the upper keeper and designed to be engaged by a catch 13 to prevent it from accidentally leaving the openings of the keeper. The yieldingly-mounted section is provided at its inner edge with a flexible extension or strap 14, passing beneath a longitudinal rod 15 and provided with tabs or tongues 16, extending across the front roll and provided with perforations 17 for the reception of hookshaped projections 18. The hook shaped projections 18 are mounted on the front roll, and when it is desired to remove the section 4 the tabs or tongues are disengaged from the projections 18 and the extension is Withdrawn from beneath the bracing-rod. The ends of the bracing-rod are riveted or otherwise secured to the collar, and as it is located between the crease in the rolls it does not interfere with the arrangement of the hame on the collar. As the front roll is continuous and braced, as shown, the draft is distributed on the collar above and below the yieldinglymounted seetion and is borne by parts of the shoulder remote from the sores.

The keepers are provided at their outer portions with loops 11 and 12, adapted to receive a strap 19, secured at its lower end by a rivet or other suitable fastening device and adapted to engage a buckle 20, located above the upper keeper and arranged beneath a shield or flap 21. The strap limits the outward movement-of the section 4, which forms a yielding or cushion surface and is adapted to prevent sores on the points of the shoulders of horses.

The invention has the following advantages: The horse-collar, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is especially adapted for horses having sore shoulders and is capable of relieving the points of the shoulders of pressure and of distributing the draft on the adjacent parts.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvautages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A horse-collar provided with a yieldingly-mounted section adapted to relieve a portion of the shoulder of an animal of pressure, said horse-collar being provided above and below the yielding section with relatively unyielding portions, the inner face of the yielding section being arranged in substantially the same plane as the relatively unyielding portions, whereby the horse-collar is adapted to present a continuous inner face, substantially as described.

2. A horse-collar, provided with a recess.

and having unyielding portions at opposite sides thereof, combined with a separate yielding section arranged in the recess and having its inner face disposed in substantially the same plane as theinner faces of the unyielding portions, said yielding section being hinged to the front roll and yieldingly connected with the back roll to form a cushion, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a horse-collar having a continuous front roll, and provided in its back roll with a recess, a section arranged within the recess, and a spring extending longitudinally of the collar and connected to the section, the ends of the spring being extended beyond the section and mounted on the collar, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a collar provided at its back roll with a recess and having unyielding portions at opposite sides thereof keepers arranged at opposite sides of the recess, a yielding section fitting in the recess and having its inner face arranged in substantially the same plane as the inner faces of the adjacent unyielding portions, and a spring connected between its ends with the section, and having its terminals engaging the keepers, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a horse-collar provided with a recess and having unyielding portions at opposite sides thereof, a yielding section located within the recess and having its inner face arranged in substantially the same plane as the inner faces of the unyielding portions, said section being provided with a flexible extension detachably secured to the collar, whereby the section is hinged to the same, and means for yieldingly connecting the outer portion of the section to the collar, substantially described.

6. The combination of acollar havinga continuous front roll and provided in rear of the same with a recess, projections mounted on the front roll, a longitudinal bracing-rod located at the inner end of the recess, a section arranged within the recess, and provided with a flexible extension passing beneath the bracing-rod, and provided with tongues en gaging the projections, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of ahorse-collar having a recess, keepers arranged above and below the recess, a section fitting in the recess and connected at its inner end with a collar, and a strap mounted on the horse-collar extending over the section and passing through the keepers, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a horse-collar having a recess, a section arranged in the recess, keepers mounted on the horse-collar at opposite sides of the recess and provided with inner and outer openings, a longitudinal spring connected with the section and engaging theinner openings of the keepers, and a strap mounted on the collar and passing through the outer openings of the keepers, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto afiixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

LAURITS HANSEN.

\Vitnesses:

R. T. OBRIEN, P. P. LINSTER. 

